| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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consisted at one time of about 4,000 acres of low land fenced from the sea by a wall, belonging to Earl Goodwin or Godwin. William the Conqueror bestowed them on the abbey of St. Augustine, at Canterbury, and the abbot allowed the sea-wall to fall into a dilapidated state, so that the sea broke through in 1100 and inundated the whole. (See TENTERDEN STEEPLE.) | 1 |
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